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You have a lot to do
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE Tax Day is April 18 this year and it’s time for you to get all your numbers together and file your taxes. The average American will file the short form that only has two lines. The first line asks, “How much money did you make in 2022?” The second line says,…
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Fences, guards and guns in American schools
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE Eventually every school system in America will have to fence in every school and put an armed guard at every gate. Inside the school building cameras will have to be focused on doors and vulnerable glass windows and someone will have to monitor all the cameras. Some school systems will be…
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Trump and Daniels: Hush money doesn’t work
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE An ongoing saga continues to surround former President Donald Trump and porn star Stormy Daniels. Will it never end? Trump may or may not be indicted by the time you read this, but who knows? Who isn’t tired of hearing about an alleged sexual encounter between these two? Former President Trump…
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Love cares enough to try
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE Honesty is not always the easiest but usually the most loving path. Let’s say you have a loved one or friend who has diabetes, but they eat crazy stuff every day, from pizza to cookies to soda pop, without regard for personal health. Is it best for you to treat them…
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Silicon Valley Bank and your life savings
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE If you have worked hard and saved money all your life you may have over $250,000 in a bank. Or maybe one of these days you might if you keep working and saving. You most likely know that only $250.000 of your money is federally insured. In other words, if your…
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Working together is essential for every family
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE I was not quite 5 years old when I stood, looking up the steps to our upstairs, yelling, “Mommy hurry, Mamaw is dying.” My grandmother Ina Hinkle and aunt Maude Hinkle were in the room trying to comfort my Mamaw Mollette. Throughout the morning she had been sick. She had complained…
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America’s wars: Who are the winners?
DR. GLENN MOLLETTE America was involved in Vietnam for 20 years. Our presence started small but, by 1965, had significantly escalated. Some 3.1 million troops saw combat and at least 58,300 were killed. We spent over $120 billion from 1965 to 1973, which led to an oil crisis and rampant inflation. Are you better off…
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Police officers and citizens must have mutual respect
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE American citizens need police officers. Our state police, county sheriff’s department and city police all deserve our help, respect and decent pay. None of us like being recipients of speeding or other motor vehicle violations. However, often a warning or a ticket may be what it takes to get our attention…
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School bullying must stop; everyone must work together
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE Four New Jersey teenagers have been charged in connection with the attack of a 14-year-old girl who later took her own life after video of the incident was posted on social media. One juvenile is charged with aggravated assault, two juveniles are charged with conspiracy to commit aggravated assault and one…
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Tired of hearing about China? Stop the cash flow
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE Do you get tired of hearing about China? Now we have floating surveillance balloons over our country. We are yet to know for sure what this is about, but time will tell. China is probably scouting out the next land or business purchase. They may have come up with an easy…
Category: Uncommon Sense
